This bill creates two exceptions to the general requirement that a school board must suspend and expel a pupil if the school board determines the pupil possessed a firearm at school or while under the supervision of the school board. The first exception created under this bill is for a firearm that is lawfully stored inside a locked vehicle on school property. The second exception applies to the possession of a firearm for an activity approved and authorized by the school board if the school board adopts appropriate safeguards to ensure pupil safety. Under current law, there is an exception for the possession of a firearm while legally hunting in a school forest, if the school district allows firearms in the school forest. Current law also allows a school board to make modifications to the requirement to expel a pupil on a case-by-case basis.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

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120.13 (1) (bm) (intro.) The school district administrator or any principal or 4teacher designated by the school district administrator shall suspend a pupil under 5par. (b) if the school district administrator, principal, or teacher determines that the 6pupil, while at school or while under the supervision of a school authority, possessed 7a firearm, as defined in 18 USC 921 (a) (3). This paragraph does not apply to theany 8of the following:

AB496,2,1091. The possession of a firearm while legally hunting in a school forest if allowed 10under s. 120.13 (38).

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2. 120.13 (1) (bm) 2. of the statutes is created to read:

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3. 120.13 (1) (bm) 3. of the statutes is created to read:

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120.13 (1) (bm) 3. The possession of a firearm for an activity approved and 16authorized by the school district if the school district adopts appropriate safeguards 17to ensure pupil safety.

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120.13 (1) (c) 2m. (intro.) The school board shall commence proceedings under 21subd. 3. and expel a pupil from school for not less than one year whenever it finds that 22the pupil, while at school or while under the supervision of a school authority, 23possessed a firearm, as defined in 18 USC 921 (a) (3). Annually, the school board 24shall report to the department the information specified under 20 USC 8921 (d) (1) 25and (2). This subdivision does not apply to the
any of the following:

AB496,3,21a. The possession of a firearm while legally hunting in a school forest if allowed 2under s. 120.13 (38).

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5. 120.13 (1) (c) 2m. b. of the statutes is created to read:

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6. 120.13 (1) (c) 2m. c. of the statutes is created to read:

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120.13 (1) (c) 2m. c. The possession of a firearm for an activity approved and 8authorized by the school district if the school district adopts appropriate safeguards 9to ensure pupil safety.